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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has forecast a mix of sunny, cloudy, and rainy weather conditions across the country from Monday to Wednesday. In its weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja, NiMet predicted sunny skies with patches of cloud over the northern region during the morning hours. NiMet said by...

Governor Ademola Adeleke says he will pursue legal means as a form of peaceful resolution to the ongoing local government crisis in Osun. Governor Ademola Adeleke says he will pursue legal means as a form of peaceful resolution to the ongoing local government crisis in Osun. Mr Adeleke, however, hailed...

A frontline pro-democracy advocacy group, Save Nigeria Movement (SNM), has condemned the silence of prominent northern stakeholders over the recent wave of killings in Benue State, describing the situation as a dire national security emergency requiring urgent and decisive federal intervention. In a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Joseph...

Students of the Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida(IBB) University, Lapai took to the streets of Lapai on Monday morning to protest  the killing of one of them by armed robbers. It was learnt that robbers invaded a student lodge close to the school gate in the early hours of Monday and in...

Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, is supposed to hand Russian President Vladimir Putin a letter from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with a request for more support amid U.S. Israeli stroke on the country, Reuters reported on Monday, citing a senior source. Araghchi arrived in Moscow on Sunday to...

Obi has criticised Tinubu for skipping Yelwata visit, insisting true leadership means sacrifice, presence, and action during crises. The Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu for failing to visit Yelwata, the community at the epicentre of a recent deadly attack in Benue State, during...

Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov says he’s splitting his fortune, estimated at $17.1 billion, between over 106 children. In an interview with Le Point, the 40-year-old billionaire revealed he has six biological children and has donated sperm anonymously in 12 countries, fathering over 100 more. “I want to specify that I...

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has awarded foreign postgraduate scholarships to 200 successful candidates under its 2025 scholarship programme. The Director, Corporate Affairs, Mrs Seledi Thompson-Wakama said in a statement that the Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, presented the award letters to the beneficiaries at a brief ceremony on...

A traditional ruler in Osun State, Oba Taofeeq Osunmakinde, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, over the threats by suspected armed hoodlums to raze his community.  Osunmakinde said the threat stemmed from a protracted boundary dispute between his community and neighbouring community in Ijebu. The monarch, in...

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thundery and rainy weather activities from Saturday to Monday across Nigeria. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Friday in Abuja envisaged early morning thunderstorms on Saturday over parts of Taraba, Kebbi, Zamfara, Kaduna, and Adamawa States in the northern region. According to it, thunderstorms...